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• Prosecute
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [[Latin]] prosecutus, past participle of prosequi to pursue ...n]] against for redress or [[punishment]] of a [[crime]] or violation of [[law]]
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• Natural Law
  ...ut the statutes, but less so to criticize the law itself. Some use natural law synonymously with natural [[justice]] or natural right (Latin ius naturale) ...evelopment of [[English]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law],[3] and have featured greatly in the philosophies of [[Thomas Aquinas]], F
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• Liability
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] lyable, from Anglo-French *liable, from lier to bind, from [[Latin]] liga *1 a : obligated according to law or equity : responsible b : subject to appropriation or attachment
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• Privilege
  ...egium law for or against a private person, from privus private + leg-, lex law ...[[human being]]s from birth. Miscellaneous privileges, e.g. the old common law privilege to title deeds, may still exist, though of little relevance today
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• Equity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] equite, from Anglo-French equité, from [[Latin]] aequitat-, aequitas, fr *1 a : [[justice]] according to [[natural law]] or right; specifically : [[freedom]] from bias or favoritism
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• Burden
  ...THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] byrthen; akin to Old English beran to carry ...ther party. However the incidence of burden of proof is affected by common law, statute and [[procedure]].
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• Recrimination
  ...cused party makes a similar [[accusation]] against the plaintiff. In plain English, it is a lawyer's way of saying "you too." ...t-based divorce system in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law] countries. For example, in the context of a [[marriage]] where the marital
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• Offence
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] offensa, from feminine of offensus, pas :b : an infraction of [[law]]; especially : misdemeanor
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• Covenant
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from present participle of covenir to be fitting, from :b : the common-[[law]] [[action]] to recover damages for breach of such a contract
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• Defamation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French ''deffamer'', ''diffamer ...] and have been made to someone other than the person defamed. Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called '''slander
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• Affinity
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''affinite'', from Anglo-French or [[Latin]]; Anglo-French ''affinité'', ...logical]] groups involving resemblance in structural plan and indicating a common [[origin]]
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• Eviction
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Late Latin ''evictus'', past participle of ''evincere'', from Latin, ...(e.g., under the English [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_law common law] of past centuries), or with respect to specific jurisdictions. In present-
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• Trespass
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''trespas'', from Anglo-French, passage, overstepping, misdeed, from ''tre ...French ''trespas'' passing across, passage, transgression of an order or [[law]], [[offence]]
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• Summons
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] somouns, from Anglo-French somonse, from past participle of somondre ...monses to be drafted in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_English plain English] and that they must start with this phrase: "Notice! You have been sued."
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• Answer
  ...English] ''andswaru'' (akin to Old Norse ''andsvar'' answer); akin to Old English and- against, ''swerian'' to swear In [[law]], an answer was originally a [[solemn]] assertion in [[opposition]] to som
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• Excuse
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] escusen, excusen, < Old French escuser, excuser ...ictim]] in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_law_(common_law) civil law].
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• Fraud
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] fraude, from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] fraud-, fraus ...iolation. Defrauding people or [[entities]] of [[money]] or valuables is a common [[purpose]] of fraud, but there have also been fraudulent "[[discoveries]]"
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• Accession
  ...inal art piece by way of replevin. The remedies and [[application]] of the law vary by [[legal]] [[jurisdiction]]. In law governing [[business]] and [[political]] [[relationships]], Accession refer
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• Malfeasance
  ...th [[reference]] to the discharge of public obligations existing by common law, custom or statute. ...contract. When a contract creates a [[duty]] that does not exist at common law, the parties can do one of three things: (1) perform the duty fully; (2) pe
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• Provocation
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] provocacioun, from Anglo-French provocacion, from [[Latin]] provocation-, In criminal [[law]], '''provocation''' is a possible [[defense]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org
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• Magistrate
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] magestrat, from [[Latin]] magistratus magistracy, magistrate, from magist ...te has limited law enforcement and administration [[authority]]. In civil law systems, a magistrate might be a [[judge]] in a superior court; the magistr
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• Conspiracy
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French conspirer, from [[Latin]] conspirare to be in [[harmony *2 : to [[act]] in [[harmony]] toward a common end <circumstances conspired to defeat his efforts>
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• Commonwealth
  ...of "[[wealth]]," which is "well-[[being]]." The term [[literally]] meant "common well-being". In the seventeenth century the definition of "commonwealth" ex ...[[law]] and united by compact or tacit [[agreement]] of the people for the common good
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• Vagrant
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wealcan to roll-walk ...ncome]]. Many towns in the Developed World have [[shelters]] for vagrants. Common terminology is a tramp or a 'gentleman of the road'. In legal terminology,
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• Prescription
  ...ext]], excuse, precept, rule, limiting [[regulation]], [[limitation]], (in law) preliminary clause or preamble defining the [[scope]] of a lawsuit, prelim *1a : the [[establishment]] of a claim of title to something under common law usually by use and enjoyment for a period fixed by statute.
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• Taboo
  ...]", often in the sense of being restricted or protected by [[custom]] or [[law]]. In the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga, where the greater portion of The use of taboo in [[English]] dates back to 1777 when English explorer, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_James_Cook Captain James C
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• Labor Unions
  ...iki/Collective_bargaining collective bargaining]) with employers. The most common [[purpose]] of these associations or unions is "maintaining or improving th [[Category: Law]]
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• Court
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French curt, court, from [[Latin]] cohort-, cohors enclosure, ...aw]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Law/TeaM '''''this link'''''].</center>
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• Arrest
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] aresten, from Anglo-French arester to stop, arrest, from Vulgar Latin *arr ...ck" can also refer to a [[police]] station, and the term "pinched" is also common. In the United States and France the term "collared" is sometimes used. The
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• Pharisees
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] farise, from Late Latin pharisaeus, from [[Greek]] pharisaios, from Aramai ...insistence on the validity of their own [[oral tradition]]s concerning the law
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• Alphabet
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] alphabete, from Late [[Latin]] alphabetum, from [[Greek]] alphabētos, fr ...d house respectively. There are dozens of alphabets in use today, the most common being [[Latin]], deriving from the first true alphabet, [[Greek]]. Most of
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• Fugitive
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Middle French & [[Latin]]; Middle French fugitif, from Latin fugitiv ...vice] is the primary [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement_agency law enforcement agency] that tracks down federal fugitives, though the [https:/
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• Hostage
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from ''hoste'' ...bductor in order to compel another party such as a [[relative]], employer, law enforcement, or [[government]] to act, or refrain from acting, in a particu
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• Debt
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] dette, debte, from Anglo-French dette something owed, from Vulgar [[Latin *4 : the common-[[law]] [[action]] for the recovery of [[money]] held to be due
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• Hemp
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''hænep''; akin to Old High German ''hanaf'' hemp, [[Greek]] ''kannabis'' The etymology is uncertain but there appears to be no common [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-indoeuropean Proto-indoeuropean] sourc
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• Sin
  *1. a. An [[act]] which is regarded as a transgression of the [[divine]] [[law]] and an offence against [[God]]; a violation (esp. wilful or deliberate) o *2. a. Without article or pl. Violation of divine law; [[action]] or conduct characterized by this; a [[state]] of transgression
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• Mischief
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] meschief, from Anglo-French, misfortune, hardship, from Old French meschev ...uction or defacement of property other than arson. [[Governed]] by state [[law]], criminal mischief is committed when a perpetrator, having no right to do
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• Prostitution
  ...between [[different]] kinds or imply a [[value]] [[judgment]] about them. Common alternatives for prostitute include escort and whore; however, not all [[pr ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] word hōra, from the Indo-European root kā meaning "[[desire]]". Use of t
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• Quorum
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], ''quorum'' of justices of the peace, from [[Latin]], of whom, genitive pl ..., charter, bylaws or standing orders). The ''quorum'' may also be set by [[law]]. While a [[majority]] of members is often the ''quorum'' for legislative
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• Mores
  ...is a plurale tantum term borrowed from Latin, which has been used in the [[English]] [[language]] since the 1890s. ...] and mild [[social]] [[pressure]] but not strictly enforced or put into [[law]]. The term folkways, introduced by American sociologist [https://en.wikipe
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• Petition
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] petition-, petitio, from petere to seek ...ror]. Petitions could be sent by anybody, from a [[scholar]]-official to a common farmer, although the petitions were more likely [[read]] to the emperor if
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• Siblings
  ...as one that shares the same father is known as an ''agnate sibling''. In [[law]], the term '''''consanguine''''' is used in place of agnate. Half siblings ...f siblings were often accorded unequal treatment. Old [[English]] [[common law]] at one time incorporated inequalities into the laws of intestate successi
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• Waif
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''weif'', ''waif'', from Anglo-French, from ''waif'', adjective, stray, un ...other helpless circumstance, from its original [[surroundings]]. The most common usage of the word is to designate a [[homeless]], [[forsaken]] or [[orphane
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• Hermit
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''heremite'', ''eremite'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''eremita'', ...ited_States) Episcopal Church] in the United States, although in the canon law of the Episcopal Church they are referred to as "solitaries" rather than "h
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• Murder
  ...dle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic [[origin]]; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord murder, [[Latin]] mort-, mors death, ...was an important legal [[mechanism]] in early Germanic society; the other common form of legal reparation at this time was blood [[revenge]]. If someone was
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• Weakness
  ...?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] wác, corresponding to Old Saxon, Middle Low German wêk, Middle Dutch wee ...of you catch up to the [[strongest]]. There is no way to circumvent this [[law]] of [[the universe]] for just when you feel yourself really making [[progr
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• Appeal
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] appel, from Anglo-French apel, from apeler ...urt on specific grounds. These grounds typically could include errors of [[law]], [[fact]], or procedure (in the United States, [https://en.wikipedia.org/
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• Symbols
  ...dicate a battlefield, and the [[numeral]]s used to represent [[number]]s. Common psychological symbols are the use of a gun to represent a penis or a tunnel ...he question in an effort to define [[culture|cultural objects]], such as a law, a constitution, a marriage ceremony. All the nouns in the story are in thi
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• Conscience
  .../index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French, from [[Latin]] conscientia, from conscient-, consciens ...plative]] considerations about the [[origin]] and operation of conscience. Common [[secular]] or [[scientific]] views regard the [[capacity]] for conscience
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• Propulsion
  [Middle English propellen, from Latin propellere, from pro- before + pellere to drive — ...propulsion''' is the [[act]] of moving an object through the air. The most common [[types]] are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propeller propeller], jet engi
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